Whitehead v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Holmes county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, C. J.
The plaintiff in error, Jeff Whitehead, together with one Alice Peterson, was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of lewd and lascivious cohabitation, in the Circuit Court of Holmes county, and from the sentence imposed the said Jeff Whitehead seeks relief here by writ of error. Several errors are assigned upon rulings on applications for postponement of the trial to procure the attendance of absent witnesses, but from the conclusion we have reached as to the merits of the case it becomes unnecessary. to pass upon such assignments of error.
The defendant moved for new trial upon the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1897
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